Concealing Your Face

You have a spot on your face that is bothering you to no end. How are you supposed to cover it? Foundation is too heavy for several occasions and settings, now what?

Concealer, like foundation, come in several shades. There are fair, medium, dark and even other colorful shades like green or red. Many people purchase concealer that compliment their foundation. Some purchase a shade or two darker than their skin tone.

Concealer has helped me many times. From covering a zit the size of Maine to covering my under eye bags and fool everyone into thinking I had 8 hours of sleep! Concealer can be your best friend once you find the right shade.

Foundation is supposed to match your neck or body, to give you a natural makeup look. While concealer can be used as many things: highlight, contour and correcting. 

Using it as highlight can enhance the high points of your face and cast light that can compliment your face. You can apply concealer that is a shade or two lighter than your shade on the bridge of your nose, cheekbones, chin and cupid’s bow to give you a brighter look after applying foundation.

If you want to contour but don’t want to buy a bulky contour palette because you’ll only end up using one pan out of the six shades it comes with, concealer is a much affordable and smaller alternative. To use concealer as contour, you’ll need a shade or two darker than your foundation and apply as usual. Apply it on your cheeks, forehead, side of your nose, and your jaw and blend to create a slimmer look. 

The popular concealer that many have raved about is the Tarte Double Duty Beauty Shape Tape Contour Concealer that work as concealer and contour. It can be used along with foundation or be used everyday by itself for much laidback days. 

Now, what about the red or green shades mentioned before?

Well, don’t be alarmed. Those shades are meant to be applied before foundation. It’s used to correct any problems you may want to correct. The shades green, purple and yellow can be used on all skin tones. The green shade is used to cancel out any redness on your face, whether it can be a sunburn or a zit. Purple is used to brighten up the face and get rid of any dullness. Yellow covers up dark circles, redness and brightens the face.

Peach, red and pink help certain skin tone groups. Peach suits light to medium tones and helps with covering dark circles. Red covers dark circles for darker skin tones. Finally, pink cover dark circles and brightens the skin for light skin tones. 

Concealer can be used in many ways and to cover any problems you would want to conceal. Concealer can match your skin if you want a lighter alternative to foundation. Have fun with it.